my wild discus video

[irish discus keeper]

hi guys just thought id share some videos of my tefe wild discus

http://i761.photobucket.com/albums/xx251/fishmad1234/canon%20vids/th_MVI_2021.jpg (http://s761.photobucket.com/albums/xx251/fishmad1234/canon%20vids/?action=view&current=MVI_2021.mp4)




http://i761.photobucket.com/albums/xx251/fishmad1234/canon%20vids/th_MVI_2020-1.jpg (http://s761.photobucket.com/albums/xx251/fishmad1234/canon%20vids/?action=view&current=MVI_2020-1.mp4)




and some pics
http://i761.photobucket.com/albums/xx251/fishmad1234/canon%20ixus%20100/IMG_1986.jpg

http://i761.photobucket.com/albums/xx251/fishmad1234/canon%20ixus%20100/IMG_1987.jpg

http://i761.photobucket.com/albums/xx251/fishmad1234/canon%20ixus%20100/IMG_2004.jpg


http://i761.photobucket.com/albums/xx251/fishmad1234/IMG_2003.jpg


http://i761.photobucket.com/albums/xx251/fishmad1234/video%20s/th_03082010007.jpg (http://s761.photobucket.com/albums/xx251/fishmad1234/video%20s/?action=view&current=03082010007.mp4)


ps sorry for the shaky footage

[kaceyo]

There are some nice greens in there. It looks like one of them is very sick and should not be in the display tank. Another is breathing rapidly with a flared gill and needs help. Taking care of the sick fish would make your tank much more pleasant to watch.

[irish discus keeper]

they where just fed when i shot the video.i did notice one was breathing very heavey that has since stoped and has not happend since.




is it one of the greens that ya think looks ill the ph is 6.5 and all other tests showed up zero so my water is perfect man any ideas on what the cause of the sick ness could be


regards craig

[irish discus keeper]

lads im very worried now :( does ya s all think the tefe looks sick

[kaceyo]

No, besides the gill issue, which you said was temporary, the fish that comes into view from the top at around 52 or 53 seconds in the first vid looks very thin and has large dark eyes.
Is that a fair description or am I being thrown off by lighting and angle?

[irish discus keeper]

oh him yes a friend of mine jumped into the deep end and decided to get discus for his first time keeping fish(he went against my advice )and i took his 2 little discus and am trying the fatten them up a bit and nurse them back to health my q.t tank is cycleing at the moment thats why there in the display tank

[kaceyo]

That's taking a big risk with your own fish. Putting even aparently healthy fish from two different sources together without QT is taking a chance.
I'd put the sick fish in a hospital tank ASAP and use wc's and water conditioner with ammonia detox (Prime, Ammo-Lok etc) to keep the ammonia in check.

[vera]

As Kasey suggested remove sick looking ASAP
nice Greens btw
TC

[irish discus keeper]

thanks guys sick fish is removed from the display tank hope fully im moving to a new place start of next year.so planning on a 1000 litre(dont know what it is in gallons)but an 1000 litre clear seal tank so watch this space :)guys any one ever export fish to ireland from the states